Shares of Global Vectra Helicorp surged 9 per cent to Rs 127 in the intra-day trade on Thursday, gaining 53 per cent in the last one week on the BSE, on expectation of strong earnings growth. The stock was trading close to its 52-week high of Rs 131 on April 23, 2018 on the BSE.

In past three weeks, the stock has rallied 112 per cent from level of Rs 60.30 on March 8, 2019, as compared to 7 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Wipro shares slumped 3 per cent from its early morning high to trade at Rs 282 after the firm gave a tepid outlook for the first quarter of FY20, citing delays in starting new projects. The stock had opened 3 per cent higher at Rs 289 on the BSE on Thursday. In comparison, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was up 0.29 per cent at 39,392 points at 09:20 am.

The country's third-largest IT services company said it expects revenue from IT services business to be in the range of $2,046 million to $2,087 million for the quarter ending June 30, 2019 (Q1FY20).

ICICI Bank shares rose over 3 per cent in intra-day trade on the BSE, marking their biggest intraday per cent gain since March 12, after global financial firm Goldman Sachs hiked the target price on the stock.

Goldman Sachs raised the price target on the stock to Rs 492 from Rs 451 and maintained 'buy' rating, saying that ICICI Bank's strong deposit franchise, lower cost of funds put the company at an advantage, a media report said.

SpiceJet shares surged up to 8 per cent while InterGlobe Aviation, parent of IndiGo, also gained on the expectation of higher yield due to the capacity reduction of Jet Airways.

India’s first private airline Jet Airways is headed towards a total grounding and a decision could be taken as early as Tuesday after a meeting of its board of directors, Business Standard reported.

Infosys shares hit a new high of Rs 774, up 1 per cent, on the BSE in early morning trade on Tuesday ahead of its January-March quarter (Q4FY19) results on Friday. The stock has surpassed its previous high of Rs 771 touched on February 8, 2019, in intra-day trade.

In the past three weeks, Infosys has outperformed the market by gaining 9 per cent, after the IT major commenced buyback offer on March 20. In comparison, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was up 2 per cent and the sector index S&P BSE IT index was up 6 per cent during the same period.

Shares of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) were locked in the upper circuit for the third straight trading days after rising 5 per cent to Rs 97.35 on the BSE on Monday after the private sector lender announced merger with non-banking finance company Indiabulls Housing Finance (IHF).

The bank made the disclosure on Friday after market hours. The approval is subject to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and other regulatory & statutory approvals.

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) shares hit an all-time high of Rs 2,057, up 2.3 per cent, in intra-day trade on the BSE on Thursday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6 per cent in the first bi-monthly monetary policy meet of the financial year (FY) 2019-20.

Repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends money to the commercial banks, in case of any shortfall of funds.

Shares of Muthoot Finance hit a new high of Rs 631, up 2.4 per cent on the BSE on Wednesday, after the company announced its board will meet on Friday, April 5, 2019, to consider interim dividend. The stock surpassed its previous high of Rs 625 touched on March 29, in intra-day trade.

“The board of directors of Muthoot Finance is scheduled to be held on Friday, 05th April, 2019 to consider the declaration of interim dividend for the FY 2019,” the company said in a BSE filing.

Shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) slipped 6 per cent to Rs 403 on the BSE in intra-day trade on the back of heavy volumes after its promoter sold Rs 332 crore worth of the firm’s shares in recent months, according to exchange disclosures.

Cyquator Media Services, the promoter entity of ZEE had sold shares worth Rs 227 crore between February 13 and March 29. Post the share sale, Cyquator’s shareholding has reduced to 22.8 per cent from 23.36 per cent.

Shares of Tata Motors moved higher by 8 per cent to Rs 203 on Tuesday, gaining 17 per cent in the past two trading days on the BSE, after the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said it expects improved financial results for the quarter ended March 2019 (Q4FY19).

The stock of Tata group Company was quoting at its highest level since October 9, 2018. The trading volumes on the counter jumped an over four-fold today. A combined 88.75 million shares representing 3.5 per cent of total equity of Tata Motors changed hands on NSE and BSE till 03:00 pm.

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